Letter from Amsterdam on Anglo Portuguese Trade Ties
Extract from Amsterdam dated August 30 notes intensified talks between Portugal and England, aided by Tyrawley's Lisbon visit. A treaty with Spain is blamed for Lisbon’s coolness, while Madrid reports shipyard slowdowns and reduced naval effort. Barbary corsair news shifts influence as Spain strengthens land forces amid ongoing commercial strains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amsterdam
Lisbon
London
Spain
Madrid
Barbary
Italy
Ireland News and Marriages and a Brutal Assault
Dublin events report Capt Henry Holmes wedding to Miss Boyne and the passing of John Course, aged 112, a veteran of French Dutch service who fought for William III. A Dublin road encounter ends with a man drowned after attempting to assault a woman near Mullingar.
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Ireland
Dublin
Henry Holmes
de Grainge
Horst
Boyne
Doyne
Calvinstown
Kildare
John Course
Languedoc
Lewis XIV
Flanders
Prince of Orangel
Duke Schomberg
William III
James II
Mullingar
New Oxfordshire Cultivation Plan and Election Pressures
Reports from Oxford claim Expeltations rise over new cultivation improvements in Oxfordshire and potential spread to other counties if costs are justified. Sir Edward Turner declines landing for the county at the next general election, sparking talk of guarding old county interests and possible fresh opposition. An affair about Privileges of British subjects to foreigners may resurface next year, risking privileges and naturalization debates with no national benefit.
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Oxfordshire
Oxford
Edward Turner
Iti
Prominent Clerical Debate and Naval News in 18th Century Letter
A fragmented mixed page reports a Bishopric promotion, a Count de la Puebla health tour, and a delayed Lisbon mail. It covers races at Litchfield, pregnancy at Duchess of Hamilton, Herrings sale at the Royal Exchange, new anti-Gallican ships, and various London crime notes including robberies, suicides, and coroner details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Count de la Puebla
Berlin
Prussia
Cardbad
Enna
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Jos
Litchfield
Nelson
Vernon
Surrey
Livesey
Brogreave
Hunit
Naden
Scotland
Duchess of Hamilton
Great Britain
Royal Exchange
Threadneedle-Street
Canterbury
Halifax
Anson
Norwich
Admiralty
Prince of Wales
Stockholm
Sweden
Britain
St. Albans
Samuel Faulkner
Jason
Portsmouth
America
Walton Upon Thames
Surry
Blackman Lyme
Rfe
Lifton
Ely Church
Middlesex
Thomas Pearce
Ely
St. Giles’s
Little Ealing
Brentford
Zachary
Bangor
St. Martin’s In the
William Pearce
Efj
Wettiminster
Duke of Cumberland
Hussars
Windor Park
Carne
St. Martin’s Lane
Hemming’s Row
Acton
Buffel Sie
Bloomsbury
Lincoln’s Inn
Sprat’s Bottom
Tunbridge Road
Coleman Street
Newgate
Shug Lane
Piccadilly
Tothill Fields Sridewell
Kentish Town
Bull
Islington
Justice Chamberlain
Fleet Market
Field- Lane
Chick Lane
India Company
Chesterfield
Edwin Carter
Coast and
Bay
Cape
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